Shaft-tug



(No Model.)

W. SNOW.

SHAFT TUG.

No. 392,373. Patented Nov. 6, 1888'.

INVENTOI? ATTORNEYS.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SNOW, OF WAVERLY, IL'LINoIs.

SHAFT-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,373, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed June 29, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SNoW,of Waverly, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shaft-Tug Straps, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description,

My invention relates to an improvement in shaft-tug straps for single-shaft vehicles, and has for its object to simplify the construction of such and provide a strap which will be always open to receive the shaft and ready to tighten down upon the same; and the further object of the invention is to provide a shafttug which will hold securely underany tension exerted to force it from the proper position without the aid of extra straps attached to the belly-band.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding'parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 illustrates the application of the strap, the said strap being drawn in perspec t-ive. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modification.

In carrying out the invention, A represents the belly-band, B the back-strap, and B the thills. The shaft or thill tug D, which is adapted to surround the thills and be connected with the belly-band and back-strap, as illustrated in Fig. l,consists of a main or body strap, d, which strap is in the form of a loop, having attached thereto at the top or where the ends of the strap join a buckle, d, and secured thereto contiguous to the buckle, a keeper, (1", as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Prior to joining the ends of the loop-strap d one of said ends is passed through a link, E, and to the end of the said link within the loop a branch strap, E, is secured, which strap is secured in any approved manner to the inner face of the loop-strap at the side opposite to that traveling through the link.

A billet, H, is secured to the outer end of the link, adapted for attachment to the bellyband, and a second billet, H, is secured to the Serial No. 278, 530. (No model.)

to the back-strap, as best illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that by reason of the loop, the traveling link, and the branch strap E the thills may be conveniently and expeditiously introduced into the tugs, and that should the said thills have a tendency to rise at any time by reason of the attachment of the link at the belly-band the branch strap will closely hug the thill and thereby shorten the loop.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a slightly-modified construction, differing only from the preferred construction set forth in Figs. 1 and 2 inasmuch as the link constitutes a portion of the loop, and the branch strap and billet H are made in one piece and passed outward through said link to a connection with the belly-band.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shaft-tug, D, consisting in the main or body strap d, looped, as shown, and the buckle d, connecting the ends of the strap at the top of the loop, the back-strap billet H, connected with said buckle, the branch strap E, extending from the lower part of the interior of the loop upward along the inner face of its outer wall, then across the loop to its inner wall, a link, E, forming a loose or sliding connection between said inner wall of the loop and the branch strap, and the belly-band billet H, to contract the branch strap around a shaft, substantially as set forth. I

2. A shaft-tug consisting in the looped strap (1, having a buckle, d, at the top, the back band billet H, connected to said buckle, the freely-sliding link E, through which the inner half or wall of the loop freely passes, the branch strap E, extending from the lower part of the interior of the loop upwardly along the inner face of its outer wall, then across the loop, and secured to the inner end of the link, and the belly-band billet connected to the outer end of said link, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM SNOW.

Witnesses:

F. H. WEMPLE, EDWARD WEMPLE. 

